Appropriateness of Stress Echocardiography in a Patient Postrevascularization

 

Patient selection: postrevascularization

 

Situations when appropriate:

(1) onset of signs and symptoms of cardiac ischemia

(2) revascularization incomplete

 

Situations where appropriateness is uncertain:

(1) 2 or more years after complete revascularization (CABG or PCI)

 

Situations when not appropriate:

(1) prior to cardiac rehabilitation without any other reason to do the study

(2) less than 2 years after complete revascularization (CABG or PCI)

 

where:

• PCI is percutaneous coronary intervation

• CABG is coronary artery bypass graft surgery